2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

The 2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 as part of the 2016 United Kingdom local elections and alongside the 2016 Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner election. As part of the staggered four-year election cycle, half of the borough council was up for re-election in addition to a vacant seat in the Exhall ward. Overall this meant that eighteen council seats were contested.

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

5 May 2016
Turnout	31.8%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Green Last election 15 2 1 Seats won 12 5 1 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 12,835 10,409 3,512 Percentage 40.3 32.7 11.0
Map showing the results of the 2016 NBBC election
Council control before election Labour Party Council control after election Labour Party

Prior to the election, Nuneaton and Bedworth was seen to be a "swing council" that was expected to see a drop in support for the Labour Party due to the perceived unpopularity of party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Despite losing some seats and seeing a reduced share of the popular vote, Labour retained their majority on the council. Among the seats up for election, they won twelve. The Conservative Party won five and the Green Party won one.

Results

Total voting figures reflect that voters in the Exhall ward were entitled to cast two ballots. Change is compared to the 2012 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election but includes the vacant Exhall seat last elected in the 2014 election.

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	0	3	3	66.7	40.3	12,835
	Conservative	5	3	0	3	27.8	32.7	10,409
	Green	1	0	0		5.6	11.0	3,512
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	14.8	4,699
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	193
	English Democrat	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	63
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	124

Council composition

Despite losing, the Labour Party retained their major and control of the council.

After 2014 election			After 2016 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	28		Labour	25
	Conservative	3		Conservative	6
	Green	2		Green	2
	Independent	1		Independent	1

Ward results

Turnout figures exclude invalid ballots. Swing is calculated between the winning candidate and the candidate finishing second.

Abbey

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Sheppard	1,055	55.1	10.8
	Conservative	Sajid Sayed	339	17.7	0.9
	UKIP	Susan Edwards	311	16.3	16.3
	Green	Sophie Bonner	141	7.4	2.0
	TUSC	George Clark	67	3.5	3.5
Majority			716	37.4
Turnout			1,913	31.8
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

Arbury

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Arbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Golby	701	43.3	10.7
	Labour	Jack Bonner	578	35.7	21.7
	UKIP	Andrew Hutchings	249	15.4	15.4
	Green	Andrew Saffrey	90	5.6	4.4
Majority			123	7.6
Turnout			1,618	30.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	16.2

Attleborough

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Attleborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Tandy	627	38.8	12.6
	Conservative	Jamie Cummings	617	38.2	2.1
	UKIP	Andrew Arnold	251	15.6	15.6
	Green	Margaret Morrissey	93	5.8	5.8
	English Democrat	Stephen Paxton	26	1.6	1.6
Majority			10	0.6
Turnout			1614	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Barpool

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Barpool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwynne Pomfrett	677	47.2	8.9
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clarke	429	29.9	13.7
	UKIP	Dean Buffin	254	17.7	17.7
	Green	Theresa Brookes	73	5.1	5.1
Majority			248	17.3
Turnout			1,433	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing	11.3

Bede

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Bede

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hancox	922	56.5	13.9
	UKIP	Craig Carpenter	339	20.8	20.8
	Conservative	Damon Brown	333	20.4	6.8
	English Democrat	David Lane	37	2.3	4.9
Majority			583	35.7
Turnout			1,631	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing	17.3

Bulkington

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Bulkington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Beaumont	810	40.9	9.9
	Conservative	Hayden Walmsley	726	36.7	12.5
	UKIP	Trevor Beard	444	22.4	22.4
Majority			84	4.2
Turnout			1,980	39.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Camp Hill

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Camp Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Lloyd	649	48.7	15.0
	UKIP	John Allbright	337	25.3	25.3
	Conservative	Thomas Porter	236	17.7	0.4
	Green	Edward Johnson	70	5.3	5.3
	TUSC	Paul Reilly	40	3.0	6.7
Majority			312	23.4
Turnout			1,332	23.4
	Labour hold		Swing	20.1

Exhall

Exhall elected two councillors at this election. Doughty was elected to a four-year term and Pomfrett was elected to a two-year term. The percentage figures given reflect that voters could cast two ballots (i.e. they are not a percentage of every vote cast) and will add up to 200% as a result. Due to the nature of the election, swing calculations are not possible.

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Exhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sara Doughty	838	51.1
	Labour	Margaret Pomfrett	720	43.9
	UKIP	Michael Gee	452	27.6
	Conservative	Barry Hallam-Lobbett	353	21.5
	Conservative	Peter Woodward Gregg	324	19.8
	UKIP	Tracy Powis	299	18.2
	Green	Merle Gering	229	14.0
	TUSC	Margaret Hunter	65	4.0
Majority				7.2
Turnout			1,640	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Galley Common

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Galley Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Gissane	609	36.7	9.3
	Labour	Paul Hickling	565	34.1	19.9
	UKIP	Anthony Grant	407	24.5	24.5
	Green	Christopher Brookes	78	4.7	4.7
Majority			44	2.6
Turnout			1,659	27.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.3

Heath

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Georgina Daffern	902	52.2	15.5
	Conservative	Bradley Price	597	34.5	7.0
	Green	Michael Cull-Dodd	229	13.3	13.3
Majority			305	17.7
Turnout			1,728	30.6
	Labour hold		Swing	11.3

Kingswood

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Kingswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Longden	642	49.2	17.4
	UKIP	Joy Bent	294	22.5	22.5
	Conservative	Neal Pointon	286	21.9	11.5
	Green	Amanda Holtey	61	4.7	4.7
	TUSC	Catherine Mosey	21	1.6	1.6
Majority			348	23.4
Turnout			1,304	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing	20.0

Poplar

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Poplar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Glass	1,133	72.3	3.4
	Conservative	Roger Rowland	433	27.7	7.4
Majority			700	44.6
Turnout			1,566	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Slough

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Slough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sebastian Gran	852	42.7	21.5
	Labour	Dianne Fowler	617	31.0	22.4
	UKIP	Andrew Wilson	400	20.1	20.1
	Independent	John Ison	124	6.2	11.3
Majority			235	11.8
Turnout			1,993	37.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	22.0

St. Nicolas

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: St Nicolas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathryn Brindley	1,140	48.1	1.0
	Green	Michele Kondakor	879	37.1	17.5
	Labour	Andrew Crichton	350	14.8	7.9
Majority			261	11.0
Turnout			2,369	42.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.2%

Weddington

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Weddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Kondakor	1,351	55.4	8.4
	Conservative	Bethan Eddy	760	31.2	0.9
	Labour	Brian Walmsley	328	13.4	9.3
Majority			591	24.2
Turnout			2,439	41.8
	Green hold		Swing	3.8%

Wem Brook

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Wem Brook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Jackson	967	62.8	9.6
	Conservative	Andrew Sargeant	248	16.1	0.9
	UKIP	Wendy Beard	235	15.2	15.2
	Green	Michael Wright	91	5.9	2.1
Majority			719	46.7
Turnout			1,541	29.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

Whitestone

2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Whitestone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Gutteridge	1,426	58.6	7.0
	Labour	Stephen Hey	455	18.7	15.7
	UKIP	Alwyn Waine	427	17.5	17.5
	Green	Laurel Brindley	127	5.2	5.2
Majority			971	39.9
Turnout			2,435	43.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3